adjective
- smoky, grimy, or foul-smelling
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The reechy air of the old tavern made her cough.
- His clothes were reechy from working near the forge.
- The reechy atmosphere of the kitchen was overwhelming.
- She wrinkled her nose at the reechy smell of burning fat.
- The reechy smoke billowed from the chimney.
- His reechy breath suggested he had been drinking heavily.